Definition of Passionately

1. Adverb. With passion. "She kissed him passionately"

Partainyms: Passionate

2. Adverb. In a stormy or violent manner.
Exact synonyms: Stormily, Turbulently
Partainyms: Stormy

Definition of Passionately

1. adv. In a passionate manner; with strong feeling; ardently.

Definition of Passionately

1. Adverb. In a passionate manner. ¹

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Definition of Passionately

1. [adv]

Literary usage of Passionately

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Short History of the English People by John Richard Green (1899)
"Bitterly as the blow was felt, the Council, though passionately pressed by the Queen, could find neither money nor men for any attempt to recover the town. ..."

2. An American Anthology, 1787-1900: Selections Illustrating the Editor's by Edmund Clarence Stedman (1900)
"Though he strife That Nature's voice alone should speak From page or canvas to the heart, Yet is it passionately alive With his own soul ! ..."

3. The Letters and Works of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu by Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (1837)
"... that it is for shewing how neatly their feet are dressed, and for shewing this only, they are so passionately enamoured with their hoop petticoats. ..."

4. The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England: Together with an by Edward Hyde Clarendon (1849)
"... passionately and peevishly (to say no worse) concurred in all the most violent votes and actions which had been done from the beginning : for, ..."

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